Really? I find myself judgemental about that! 
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NY is also silly enough to mispronounce Houston.
Itâs a long u sound not an ow sound.
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They pronounce Versailles, Indiana,
( Vir sail z ). I was yelled at for pronouncing it the French way.
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Howston street pronunciation also irks me!
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Lima, Ohio: Lime-a versus Lima, Peru: Leem-a
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I refuse to call Buena Vista, CO Bewna Vista. I just canât. And La Junta, with the J pronounced like juice. It took me a while to figure out why people looked at me strangely when I pronounced them according to their Spanish heritage. But then I heard a TV weather forecaster speaking their names, and cringed. It wasnât an oddityâeveryone but me was saying it that way.
Rebecca
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Thatâs how they pronounce it in Missouri too 
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There is a âBeewnaâ Vista in VA, too. Theyâve pronounced it that way since the civil war so they can tell who the outsiders are. And Staunton, VA is Stan-tun, not Stawn-ton.
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Meh. I have been to Dildo, Newfoundland. Pretty universal pronounciation⊠DILL - dough and never DIAL- doo. 
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Versailles, Paris, Lima, Mexico, Florida, Louisiana, New London, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Detroit, and Memphis all are less than 100 miles of where I sit right now.
And you do get tired of ice creamâŠtrust meâŠ
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Not to mention Wapakoneta, one of my favorite place names ever.
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There is a Beaufort, NC and a Beaufort, SC, both on the coast. The locals of each town get fighting mad if their town name is mispronounced. Beaufort, NC is Bowfort and SC is Bufort.
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I LOVE your alter pic!
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Thanks!
AhemâŠ
Paso Robles, CA
Oneonta, NY.
Oneonta, AL
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Mantua, Italy
Mantua, OH (MAN-a-way)
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I had to look that one upâŠwrong states LOL
Oh brother. Iâm from CT and have been slapped silly calling that river the Tems river. Then I lived on the Menunketesuck river, there too. Alot of Indian names in CT.
Thereâs a town Buchanan in West Virginia, and the radio people all call it âBuh-cannonâ. I mean, cam ohn!
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Yep! When I moved to Denver it was like nails on a chalkboard to watch Kathy Sabine (also a horse owner! Pronounced Say-bin, not Sabeen) report on the weather in Byoona Vista.Then I googled it. 
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I have FINALLY caught up.
There is Texas in Queensland Australia. I also live near Ipswich which I have seen in a few posts.
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